ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 151390
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| Date: | Friday 20 June 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
| Registration: | A-31 |
| MSN: | 83901 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rilland-Bath, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rilland-Bath, Zeeland, Netherlands |
| Woensdrecht Air Base, Woendrect, Netherlands (WOE/EHWO) |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 83901: Taken on charge as T7472 nominally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 19.10.40. However into long term storage in ‘purgatory’ at the Riding School, Walton Street, Oxford until returned to Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford 7.8.41 for erection.
To 20 EFTS RAF Yeadon, West Yorkshire 2.9.41. To 21 EFTS RAF Booker, Buckinghamshire 28.1.42. To 15 EFTS RAF Carlisle 17.6.42; coded "24". To 12 MU RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland 3.10.45.
Struck off RAF charge when sold to Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu)(Royal Netherlands Air Force) 23.8.46; despatched ex-12 MU RAF Kirkbride 26.8.46. Taken on KLu charge as A-31 on 31.3.47 at Woensdrecht.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on take-off Rilland-Bath, Zeeland, Netherlands, 20.6.47. Formally Struck off charge 4.9.47
Rilland-Bath is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It was created from a merger of Rilland and Bath in 1878, and existed until it merged into the municipality of Reimerswaal
Sources:
1. Dutch Tiger Moths / Herman Dekker, 1986
2. http://www.gahetna.nl/archievenoverzicht/pdf/NL-HaNA_2.13.165.ead.pdf#page255
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p839.html
5. https://www.ipms.nl/artikelen/nedmil-luchtvaart/vliegtuigen-d/vliegtuigen-d-dehavil-dh82
6. https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=701:dehavilland-dh-82-tiger-moth-uk&catid=85&lang=en&Itemid=547&showall=1&limitstart=
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rilland-Bath
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woensdrecht_Air_Base
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2012 12:18 | harro | Added |
| 25-Apr-2019 14:00 | Cobar | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2021 19:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 31-Aug-2021 20:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]] |
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